Laura Follansbee is an associate in Cohen Milstein’s Antitrust practice, where she represents a broad range of individuals and businesses in civil litigation, with a focus on multi-district class actions and antitrust litigation.
Prior to joining Cohen Milstein, Laura was a law clerk for the Honorable Algenon L. Marbley of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Before her district court clerkship, Laura was a legal fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia, and before that, a law clerk for the Honorable Joshua Deahl of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
While attending Harvard Law School, Laura was a co-executive director of the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project and an executive editor for online content for Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.
- District of Columbia
- Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2021
- College of William & Mary, B.A., summa cum laude, 2016
- Law Clerk, the Hon. Algenon L. Marbley, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio (2023 – 2024)
- Legal Fellow, American Civil Liberties Union for the District of Columbia (2022 – 2023)
- Law Clerk, the Hon. Joshua Deahl, District of Columbia Court of Appeals (2021 – 2022)
September 24, 2025
AvalonBay Can’t Duck DC’s RealPage Claims
A District of Columbia Superior Court judge has rejected landlord AvalonBay Communities Inc.'s bid to escape D.C.'s rent-fixing antitrust suit against property management software company RealPage Inc., AvalonBay and several landlords.
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June 3, 2025
Landlord To Quit Pricing Software To Escape Antitrust Suit
William C. Smith & Co. will be stepping out of litigation accusing the company of using property management platform RealPage to conspire with other landlords and fix the price of rentals in the D.C. area, after agreeing to reform its business practices and shell out over $1 million.
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